Porumbăcean, Claudiu (szerk.): Satu Mare. Studii şi comunicări. Seria istorie-etnografie-artă 34/2. (2018)
Constantin Ungureanu: Unirea Basarabiei şi Bucvovinei cu România
UNIREA BASARABIEI ŞI BUCOVINEI CU ROMÂNIA Constantin UNGUREANU Abstract: In 1917, Bessarabia was embraced by an impressive national liberation movement. In Chisinau and in other localities, national events took place, where province autonomy was requested, mother tongue education, direct and secret vote, agrarian reform. An important role in the national rebirth of the Bessarabian Romanians has played the Moldovan National Party. In the autumn of 1917, the Country Council was formed, which would have 150 deputies, 105 (70%) mandates being for Moldovans, and 45 (30%) for the rest of the ethnic groups. The Country’s Council was inaugurated on 21 November 1917. On 2 December 1917, the deputies of the Country Council proclaimed the Moldovan Democratic Republic. At the beginning of 1918, the situation of the Moldovan Democratic Republic has become critical. At the request of a group of deputies in the Country Council, the Romanian army entered Bessarabia, to put an end to anarchy and disorder. The Country Council voted on 24 January 1918, the independence of the Moldovan Democratic Republic. The complicated situation ofMDR and the outbreak of civil war in Russia has led many Bessarabian leaders to opt for the Union with Romania. At a meeting on 27 March 1918, the Country Council voted the Declaration of Conditional Union of Bessarabia with Romania. On 28 October 1920, representatives of Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan signed in Paris the Treaty on the Recognition of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania. During the war, Bukovina was severely affected by military operations, being three times partially occupied by the Russian army. The collapse of the Habsburg Empire created favorable conditions for the affirmation of the Romanian national movement in Bukovina. On 27 October 1918, a meeting of representatives of the Romanians of Bukovina took place in Chernivtsi, which was proclaimed Constitutive. At this meeting it was decided to “unite Bukovina integral with the other Romanian countries in an independent national state”. On the same day, 50 members were elected to the Romanian National Council and an executive committee was set up, Iancu Flondor was elected president. On 11 November 1918, the Romanian army entered Chernivtsi, and in the following days he took over all the territory of Bukovina. At the meeting of the Romanian National Council of 12 November 1918, the provisional fundamental law on the powers in the Land of Bukovina was voted. On the same day, the Bukovina government was headed by Iancu Flondor (president). On 25 November, 50 new members were co-opted in the Romanian National Council, including 12 Bukovinian refugees. On 28 November 1918 the General Congress of Bukovina met, who decided to unite Bukovina with the Kingdom of Romania. After almost a year of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference, the union of Bukovina with Satu Mare - Studii şi Comunicări, nr. XXXIV/II, 2018, p. 355-377.
